The Income-Related Benefits and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

1997 No. 412

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Income-Related Benefits and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

Made

10th September 1997

Coming into operation in accordance with regulation 1

The Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 122(1), 123(1)(e), 131(1), 132(2), (3) and (4)(a) and (b), 133(2)(h) and 171(1) and (3) to (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(1) and Articles 6(5), 14(1), (2) and (4)(a) and (b), 15(3), 36(2) and 39 of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(2) and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, with the consent of the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland(3) in so far as regulations 4 and 7(1), (2)(c), (5) and (6)(c) are concerned, and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it(4) hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

1992 c. 7; section 123(1)(e) was inserted by paragraph 13(5) of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995

(3)

See section 171(6A) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992; subsection (6A) was inserted by Article 3(3) of the Social Security (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1579 (N.I. 8))

(4)

See section 150(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8)